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Barney Frank

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Barney Frank is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, serving from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his progressive stance on various issues, including financial regulation and LGBT rights. Frank played a significant role in the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which aimed to prevent the kind of financial crisis that occurred in 2008. He was also one of the first openly gay members of Congress, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights throughout his career.

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Jul 22, 2014

Make them keep their loans in the portfolio. Don't have them securitizing much.

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Jul 22, 2014

What the law says is you may have to pay some of their debts, as Ronald Reagan recognized in 1984 with Continental Illinois.

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Jul 22, 2014

I look forward to congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, on a fourth anniversary coming up.

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Jul 22, 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is up and running, already returning $4.6 billion to 15 million consumers.

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Jul 22, 2014

Dodd-Frank... provided oversight to Wall Street, gave regulators the tools to end the era of too-big-to-fail entities.

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Jul 22, 2014

I do think that the complexity issue of the Volcker Rule and the push-outs help.

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Jul 22, 2014

I have to say Chris Dodd is not the whole Senate, so there were things that I don't like that he didn't like.

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Jun 24, 2014

Small businesses account for nearly 85 percent of Ex-Im Bank's transactions.

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Jun 24, 2014

I would dearly like to have options other than end it or extend it.

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Jun 23, 2014

It was not his intent that asset managers be designated for heightened prudential standards or supervision by the Federal Reserve Board because they do not pose a systemic risk.

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May 19, 2014

SIFFY, as with all due respect some people, including on the committee, have pronounced it, sounds like a disease.

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Feb 4, 2014

It just seems to me a listing of possible horror stories with no indications that there was any significant likelihood of any of it happening.

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